Huang Deneng, who was walking in the front, rode quickly behind the team and told Qin Zhao the news.

Qin Zhao nodded and said, "Let the scout come over."

The three cavalry scouts looked in front and saw Qin Zhao's team of thousands of sergeants, which were tightly arranged. When they walked on the road, the soldiers were full of energy and their steps were full of wind. The three of them looked at Qin Zhao's soldiers' faces and felt that the soldiers had shiny faces, as if they often ate meat.

The three scouts immediately put aside their contempt. They got off their horses, led the horse to Qin Zhao, bowed and said, "Wu Deshang, the general flag of the scout, met the defensive officer."

Wu Deshang showed Qin Zhao his guard and waist card.

When Qin Zhao saw the three scouts respectfully and politely, he smiled and said, "What military order does the Chu governor have? Please speak on the Wu Zongqi."

The scout Wu said, "The defensive officer, Wuchang has been lost, and he has been entrenched in Wuchang for three days. Now the governor is stationed in Jie Jiayu, so the defensive officer will go to Jiayu."

Qin Zhao asked, "Has Zuo Ye defended in Wuchang?"

The three scouts were stunned and coughed and said, "Marquis Zuo did not fight Chuang Ni. He withdrew from Wuchang Mansion the day before Chuang Ni came."

Zhao Liangce sighed and said, "This Zuo Liangyu is not even guarding against his own nest. Is he so afraid of Li Zicheng?"

Qin Zhao took a breath and said nothing.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, the scout said seriously: "Chu Governor Yuan Jixian has an order! The defensive officer Qin Zhao immediately led his headquarters to Jiayu. Our army will fight to the death with the Chuangji in Jiayu."

Qin Ning shouted: "Master Qianhu, we are here at the right time to fight a decisive battle."

Qin Zhao smiled.

These civil officials in the Ming Dynasty were not good at fighting, but they were always full of momentum. No matter what the quarrel was against the wind, the civil officials in the Ming Dynasty always looked like they were about to reverse the world. Therefore, what Yuan Jixian said now was that the decisive battle did not mean that Yuan Jixian really wanted to fight to the decisive battle, it was just a function word to express his momentum.

However, no matter what, it seems that the troops from all walks of life who have been supporting Wuchang have basically arrived, so it is a decisive battle.

Qin Zhao asked with a smile: "Where is Zuo Liangyu?"

The three scouts replied: "Zuo Hou is in Xianning, east of Jiayu."

Qin Zhao asked: "How many miles does Jiayu reach Xianning?"

The scout replied: "There are a hundred miles on the map! But the Zuo Marquis's troops were everywhere in the mountains. In fact, the Zuo Marquis's troops and the governor's troops were connected together."

Qin Zhao no longer asks.

The three scouts clasped their fists and bowed, jumped onto the horse, turned their heads and returned to Jiayu.

Qin Zhao waved his hand when he saw the scout leaving.

"The first battalion protects the baggage troops, and the entire army accelerates its advance. Try to arrive at Jiayu within five days."

...

On the tenth day of March, Qin Zhao's troops were already very close to Jiayu.

The painting style on the road suddenly changed. All the villages that were originally densely populated in the countryside disappeared, and were replaced by the ruins that were burned by fire. As long as there were fields and houses, they were charred and all were plagued by military disasters.

I don’t know if it was the Tangma who broke into the thief or the Ming army who supported Jiayu. The military discipline of the Ming army is no different from that of the bandits these days. The first reaction of the Ming army when they saw the wealthy villages and towns was to rob. Jiayu brought together Ming troops from all over the south to support them. God knows if there was a group of Ming troops going up and burning them up.

Or it was done by the scout who broke the tide.

Scouts of trespasses often seen far away on both sides of the road. The scouts of the Ming army seemed to be unable to defeat the scouts of trespasses, and were suppressed so that no one could see.

The scout under Li Zicheng was hanging far in front of Qin Zhao, and was about one hundred steps away. Sometimes there were small mounds on the roadside, and you could see dozens of pond horses standing on the mound, that is, elite cavalrymen of the trespass, staring at this side with fierce eyes.

It seems that it was discovered that Qin Zhao's team of two thousand people were all recruits, and the more horses around him gathered.

Qin Zhao felt that the atmosphere was wrong and changed the formation of the entire army to a fish scale formation. The entire army was large in front and small in the back, and tightly protected the food and rockets on the baggage wheelbarrow in the middle.

After walking ten miles, Qin Zhao saw a smooth road on both sides of the road ahead, which was a good place for cavalry to be used. More than a hundred thieves and horses galloped back and forth in that flat place, and some people were holding bent bows in their hands, as if they were preparing to shoot the 2,000 team here.

Qin Zhao frowned and shouted, "Get forward!"

The shield players in the team took off their large shields from their backs and protected the shields on the periphery of the entire army. The archers picked up their eight-power heavy bows and confronted the Tangma opposite while walking.

If a pond horse is too close, there will be more than a dozen bow arrows here immediately.

Tangma also tried to counterattack with a bent bow. However, the bent bows were all small bows, and their strength was not as strong as the bent bow. Moreover, the infantry here were protected by rattan shield hands, and the pondma suffered a loss after a while.

I saw a pond horse accidentally shot on the shoulder by the arch here, and screamed and fell off the horse.

As soon as he fell off his horse, the infantrymen on Qin Zhao immediately called over a dozen more arrows and nailed the pond horse to the ground.

More than 100 Tangma people gradually found that the 2,000 team here was not good, and it was a bit difficult to deal with. They blew the whistle and retreated together, retreating to a small hill two hundred meters away to discuss countermeasures.

Qin Ning leaned over to Qin Zhao and smiled and said, "Master Qianhu, those cavalrymen are so bold. If we shoot one of them to death, don't you escape?"

Zhao Liangce stared at him for a long time and said, "Master Qianhu, I am worried that the cavalry will occupy the horse and prepare to come and step on the formation."

Zhao Liangce was right. Qin Zhao's fifty cavalry here is not very useful, and the air-based power lacks fighting ability. The 950 infantry and 800 baggage civilians are not protected by cavalry and are completely exposed to the iron hooves of the cavalry. If the chain formation of pond horses and platoons on the opposite side forcibly attacks the middle section of the fish scale formation here, I am afraid that Qin Zhao's side will suffer great losses.

Maybe if you rush like this, you will collapse.

Qin Zhao looked at the arguing horses on the hillside and said, "They don't have a chance!"

"Where is Qin Zheng?"

Qin Zheng shouted loudly: "The last one is here!"

Qin Zhao pointed to the hillside and said, "The Rocket Team used fifty rockets to blow up the pond horses on the mountain for me, and don't leave any of them!"

"The last order will be obtained!"

The pond horses on the mountain were still arguing fiercely, and they almost reached a consensus. The fifty rocket soldiers here quietly walked to the middle of the fish scale formation.

"Assign target."

In order to prevent rocket soldiers from repeatedly shooting the same target, Qin Zhao had long designed a set of regulations for rocket soldiers. Before each shooting, the rocket soldiers' squad leader would look at their orderly position in the team, and then assign the targets, so that their subordinates would find the target corresponding to the target area and their position according to the regulations. This way, multiple rockets can prevent targeting the same target.

Or there are a large number of targets that no one is aiming at.

The Rockets' squad leader looked around and for a few seconds, and began to shout loudly. The Rockets' squads followed the command and all understood their goals.
Chapter completed!